PRE-INTERMEDIATE GROUP

STUDENT: MINERVA GAYLEN GALEANA ABARCA

TEACHER: ARMANDO MEMIJE BAZAN

FRIDAY OCTOBER 23TH 2020

HELLO EVERYBODY.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MINERVA.
MY PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE ALTAR IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD IN
MEXICO.
THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A CELEBRATION THAT USUALLY LAST THREE
DAYS, FROM THE FIRST TO THIRD OF NOVEMBER.
IN THIS CELEBRATION THE MEXICANS PUT A SHRINE OR ALTAR IN THEIR
HOMES IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD, BECAUSE THEY VISIT THEM.
ON IT THEY PUT PHOTOS, WATER, CANDLES, CEMPASUCHIL FLOWERS,
FRUIT, FOOD, BREAD OF DEAD (PAN DE MUERTO*), MEXICANS CANDIES
AND SKULL OF SUGAR.
EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE, FOR EXAMPLE: WATER IS TO QUENCH
THIRST OF THE VISITORS, CANDLES IS FOR LIGHT UP THE ROAD TO HOME
OF EACH SOUL, MEXICAN CANDIES IS PUT FOR SOULS OF CHILDREN, THE
FOOD QUENCHES HUNGER OF THE SOULS AND BREAD OF DEAD
REPRESENTS THE BONES THAT WE ARE MADE OF.
CEMPASUCHIL FLOWER REPRESENTS THIS CELEBRATION, IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT. ALSO THERE ARE REPRESENTAIVE FRUIT FOR THIS
CELEBRATION THAT IS MANDARIN AND JICAMA THOUGH THEY CAN TO
PUT ALL TYPE OF FRUIT IN THE ALTAR.
WHEN THOSE DAYS FINISH, THEY PICK THE ALTAR UP OR WHEN THE
CANDLES ARE FINISHED.
THAT´S ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. HAVE A NICE DAY.